Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
May 21, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1987 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 3, Cleveland Indians 6

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 4 1 2 0
Puckett cf 4 0 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Larkin 1b 4 0 2 1
Brunansky dh 4 0 0 0
Davidson rf 4 1 1 0
Laudner c 4 1 2 2
Gagne ss 3 0 0 0
  Newman ph 1 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Portugal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 0 0
Franco ss 3 1 2 0
Tabler dh 4 0 2 0
Carter 1b 4 0 1 1
Hall lf 4 1 2 1
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Snyder rf 4 3 3 3
Bernazard 2b 4 1 2 1
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 13 6
Minnesota 000 000 210391
Cleveland 011 210 01x6131
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (3-4) 5.0 11 5 5 1 1
  Portugal   3.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
2
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  W (3-3) 9.0 9 3 3 0 7
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
7

  E–Gaetti (4), Jacoby (6).  DP–Minnesota 2.  2B–Minnesota Puckett (4,off Swindell), Cleveland Dempsey (4,off Blyleven).  HR–Minnesota Laudner (2,7th inning off Swindell 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Snyder 3 (9,2nd inning off Blyleven 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Portugal 0 on, 0 out); Bernazard (5,4th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out); Hall (6,5th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:23.  A–7,401.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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